“Nina Schuyler’s remarkable and wildly inventive new novel, Open the Floodgates, infuses environmental literature with compassion and ingenuity. In her compelling story, The River goes to court, along with a rich tapestry of townspeople who proclaim their love for her in their own unique ways. Schuyler tells this story with exquisite prose and a pulsing heart.”
–Ellen Sussman, New York Times bestselling author of French Lessons, Wedding in Provence, Paradise Guest House and On a Night Like This

“Nina Schuyler has written a perfect allegory for our climate crises times. Part courtroom drama, part fable, part thriller, OPEN THE FLOODGATES is a genre defying novel that is at once suspenseful and magical. The River leads us readers on a surprising yet inevitable journey.”
–Devi S. Laskar, author of Midnight, at the War

“Wildly original…beautifully written…a necessary and compelling addition to the canon of climate fiction. Schuyler poses the question: we think we know what we’re doing to our environment, but what is the devastation doing to us?”
—Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist and Six Days in Bombay

“A magical novel all its own. A story, a fable if you will, moving and so desperately needed at this moment when the natural world, all that sustains us, must be listened to.” —Greg Sarris, author of The Last Human Bear